Return to BSD News archive
#! rnews 2282 bsd
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!rosevax!reddwarf!grante
From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Coherent answer to questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD
X-Nntp-Posting-Host: reddwarf
Message-ID: <1995Dec19.232510.8284@rosevax.rosemount.com>
Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Sender: news@rosevax.rosemount.com (Rosevax USENET News auto-admin account)
Organization: Fisher-Rosemount, Rosemount Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4aob8v$s21@park.uvsc.edu> <4aq2l9$5u9@oink.cs.utexas.edu> <4arhu6$f2f@felix.junction.net> <4as30h$jvh@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <Pine.BSD.3.91.951215221823.12359A-100000@village.ios.com> <30D2FB7F.52C1@ix.netcom.com> <4b089j$usb@twin.wasatch.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 23:25:10 GMT
Lines: 18
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36230 alt.os.linux:6566 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5197 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30925 comp.os.linux.misc:76548 comp.os.linux.setup:33057 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10829
Bob Hauck (bobh@wasatch.com) wrote:
: Too bad about MWC. I had heard that Coherent was a decent product,
: and the price was certainly right.
It is a bit sad. It was a good product, with excellent documentation. I
suspect that Net/FreeBSD and Linux were the proximate cause of death -- MWC
just couldn't keep up. So far, the only casualty in the war against
Microsoft's hegemony seems to be the death of one of the good guys as a
result of friendly fire.
C'est le guerre. :(
--
Grant Edwards | Microsoft isn't the | Yow! Jesus is my POSTMASTER
Rosemount Inc. | answer. Microsoft | GENERAL..
| is the question, and |
grante@rosemount.com | the answer is no. |